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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM E. seHA'rz, 0F new YORK, MY AS SIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WILLIAMHOFFMANN, on SAME PLACE.

(AUTOMATIC VENl'-B UNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,062, dated August22, 1882.

Application filed April 20, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM E. SOHA'IZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in Automatic Vent- Bun gs; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains, to make and use the same.

My invention relates toimprovements in automatic vent-bungs; and theobject is to permit atmospheric air to pass into the interior ofbarrels, casks, 860., containing beer, ale, cider, and other fluids orliquors, and thereby give a vent to them and assist in the withdrawal ofsuch fluids or liquors, and also to accomplish this in an automaticmanner.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the annexed drawings,in which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of. the improved bungattached to a barrel. Fig.2 is a plan View of same. i

In the drawings, A represents the bush, which may be screwed into thebarrel or secured in any other suitable manner.

bush has a lug, a, on each side, under which is held the vent-plate B,which has notches b, so as to pass over the lugs, and by receiving aquarter-turn is securely held in place by the This.

wedge-shape form of the face of the plate. At its lower side this plateB has a dovetailshaped ring, 0, between the inner sides of which therubber removable disk 0, having a suitable wire rin c or other means ofholding it in place, is inserted. The disk 0 is provided with aprotuberance in its center, which fits into a depression in the plate Band firmly flange g of the bushing A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination,with a hung having an inlet opening, of the removable disk 0, having oneor more perforations through it and a protuberance, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the bung B, adapted to be attached to a bush,and having a raised central portion, 6, provided with openings d d, ofthe disk 0, having one or more perforations and a protuberance,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM E. SGHATZ.

IVitnesses:

J. W. HAMILTON J omvsou, LLoYD F. KELEHER.

